• Charlotte Davies

    @lottiedavies29

Updated Thursday, October 20, 2022-16:17

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  • Direct The resignation of Liz Truss, last minute

  • UK Liz Truss resigns as prime minister after 45 days in office

British Prime Minister Liz Truss announced her resignation on Thursday, 24 hours after declaring that she was "a fighter" and not "a deserter."

The

prime minister

will go down in history as

the shortest

UK leader after 45 days in office and the

fourth Conservative leader to fall in six years

.

When will Truss's successor be announced?

Downing Street's new tenant will be announced next Friday

, October 28

.

Could Boris Johnson become prime minister again?

According to

Sky News

, one of the names that are being considered among the deputies is that of

Boris Johnson

.

Although he was unable to run for prime minister this summer after resigning in July, the former

Tory leader

could still run this time

, and has not shied away from ruling out a future return to the political front line.

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